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Things you may not know about Our Wine Cellar
We sat down with Food and Beverage Director Andy Chabot to find out a few secrets and tidbits about the wine cellar at Blackberry! Here is what we discovered:
1. A lot or a little? We have more than 350 selections of half-bottles from great producers. It's perfect for couples wanting to pair different selections with one meal or someone wanting a glass or two. On the other end of the spectrum we have more than 1,000 magnum selections.
2. We display our wines with the most elegant decanters around! Inspired by Martine Saunier, when I first purchased our Ercuis decanters, colleagues gave me flack for their feminine style, but now they're our most complimented pieces.
3. We love to educate our guest on what they're drinking. We offer a flight of madeiras from the 1800s (respectively 1834, 1863, 1875). Guests can enjoy the old one glass at a time.
4. We have a collection you can't count. How many bottles you ask? Ringing in around 160,000 bottles! Due to state laws, it's difficult to purchase a lof of older vintages, like through auctions, so we want to foster the program along so that future generations of the Beall family will have wine to sell from great vintages 30-50 years from now.
5. We hired a local artisan to build the wooden and iron racking for the cellar. Sadly, just as completion for the first set wrapped up, the artisans' warehouse caught fire. The racks had to be built again--just in time for the opening.
We sat down with Food and Beverage Director Andy Chabot to find out a few secrets and tidbits about the wine cellar at Blackberry! Here is what we discovered:
1. A lot or a little? We have more than 350 selections of half-bottles from great producers. It's perfect for couples wanting to pair different selections with one meal or someone wanting a glass or two. On the other end of the spectrum we have more than 1,000 magnum selections.
2. We display our wines with the most elegant decanters around! Inspired by Martine Saunier, when I first purchased our Ercuis decanters, colleagues gave me flack for their feminine style, but now they're our most complimented pieces.
3. We love to educate our guest on what they're drinking. We offer a flight of madeiras from the 1800s (respectively 1834, 1863, 1875). Guests can enjoy the old one glass at a time.
4. We have a collection you can't count. How many bottles you ask? Ringing in around 160,000 bottles! Due to state laws, it's difficult to purchase a lof of older vintages, like through auctions, so we want to foster the program along so that future generations of the Beall family will have wine to sell from great vintages 30-50 years from now.
5. We hired a local artisan to build the wooden and iron racking for the cellar. Sadly, just as completion for the first set wrapped up, the artisans' warehouse caught fire. The racks had to be built again--just in time for the opening.